Radiation-induced dark current in CMOS active pixel sensors

Degradation behavior of CMOS active pixel sensors exposed to protons and cobalt 60 is presented. The most sensitive parameter is the dark current: the mean value of the degradation is always dominated by ionizing effects.

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